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Daycare Dilemma

lhlin99lhlin99
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My 19 month son has been in day care all of 8 days (spread out over 2 weeks).  The second or third day there when my husband picked him up, he had a bandaid over a scrape at the base of his right pinky.  He got send home for a fever day 5 which we never were able to measure the days that we kept him at home. Apparently, he was acting funny after nap time.  The last day at daycare, he had a scrape in the middle of his upper lip at the cupid's bow when we picked him up.  Each time, the teacher and two assistants have no explanation as to what happened, when it happened, or where it happened.  I don't know if it is school policy to give no explanation for liability reasons.  He's home this week with diarrhea which is apparently an epidemic among daycares now according to the pediatrician today.  The ratio in his class is 1 adult to 6 kids.  His class has 18 month olds up through 3 year olds.  We're thinking of speaking to the school director to get more satisfactory explanations if this happens again and possibly moving him to another daycare.  We're wondering about the level of supervision.  What would you do? 
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  • chrisbride04chrisbride04
    I would speak to the director now, before it happens again. I would want an explanation for cuts and scrapes, although I do know even in our own home DS has had minor ones we can't explain.  Also, 18 months-3 years seems like a unusually large difference in ages. They are at varying ages of development, specifically walking/running and I would worry about the younger kids, like yours, getting hurt by the older ones being more mobile and active. DS starts a new daycare on Monday and his room is exclusively 3 year olds.
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  • jen5-03jen5-03 member

    I'd switch daycares.

    a) I think the age range is too wide and I wouldn't be comfortable with that. If it was an in-home with only a few children that age range could work. But at a center? No way.

    b) If they put a bandaid on it, I would expect an incident report. They ARE required to tell you what happened to your kid. The only thing they keep private is the name of the other child if another child inflicted the injury.

    The ratio sounds right and the diarrhea is just unfortunate but could happen anywhere. The fever thing... eh, it is a little odd, but not worth moving over on its own.

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